Half-length portrait of Abigail Penfield Harwood. The older woman has gray hair and dark eyes. She is seated and wearing a black dress with white lace collar and white lace bonnet. Oil paint on panel. Not framed.
portraits
oil paintings (visual works)
oil paint (paint)
panels (wood)
Painting
Painting
"Ptd by AL Powers. / Springfield / VT / 1836" (Black paint)
Harwood, Abigail Penfield, 1779-1867
891.1
937
Powers, Asahel L. (American painter, 1813-1843) (Artist)
VT
27 5/16 x 23 3/4 x 1 1/8 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of Dr. John Hitchcock
2014.34.1
Springfield (Windsor county, Vermont)
Springfield (Windsor county, Vermont)
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